Machine for making pies.



No'. 756,639. PATBNIBD APR. 5, 1904. I. c. IIIIIcIIIsoN.

MACHINE PoR MAKING PIES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1903.

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MACHINE Fon sPEcErIcA'noN forming pm of Leners MAKING PIES.

Patent Na 756,639, dazed April 5, 1904.

Aplicaan le?. Xorember 9, 1903. Serial lo. 180,322. (le Mael.)

,To all whom. if may concern:

Be it known that I. Josera C. lim-Cursos, aeitizen of the United Statesresidingat Philadelphia., in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Pies, of which the following is a specific-ation.

My invention contemplates a machine by which a lump or cake of dough may be pressed or molded into the. form of a pie-crust. which has simultaneously formed upon its outer edge a tapered rim projecting upward some distance above the pie-plate, this form of crust being the onepreferred in the making of custard pics, which are usually tilled after they are placed in the oven.

My invention wiil be more fully understood b v reference to the accompanying drawings. forming part of this spccitieation, and in which- Egure 1 represents a plan view of the machine; Fig. 2, a side elevation; and F ig. 3, a v ertleal section of the lower and more essential part of my machine. the section being taken on the line 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings. A represents the frame of the machine; B, the bed-plate; the rim-diez I). the plate-holder, and E the plunger. The plun- .SIfr E is provided with a toothed rod E', which i5 guided in a bearing A' of the frame and which is operated b v a pinion Ei, fastened to astud e. This .stud may be operated by power, as practiced in many well-known forms of presses. or, as shown in the dnwings, by a hand'lever E".

The rim-die C is made in the form of a anged plate, in which is guided the plateholder D. which has a depending .stem D' passingthrough and guided in a hub C' .formed at the base of the rim-die, which is fastened in the bed-plate B. The hub of the rim-die is counterhored to receive a spring S, which normally acts to raise the plate-holder to a level a cake of dough., which by the joint action of the plunger., rim-die, and plateholder is molded into the form of a crust. provided with a tapered rim projecting above the upper edge of the plate P. After this rimmed crust has been formed it is desirable that the plateholder, which during the molding operation has been pressed downward, .should remain in that position until the plunger E is withdrawn, and in order to accomplish this I provide the stem D' with a groove d' to receive a latch F, which is connected to a lever F', operated to cause the latch to engage the groove by a spring S'. This enables the delicate rim of the crust to be supported by the inner wall of the rim-die, thus preserving its shape while the plunger is being removed.

To prevent the crust from adhering to thet plunger and being lifted as the plunger rises, l provide the plunger with a stripper G, made in the form of a circular plate set into an opening in the plunger and .supported by studbolts g g, around which are coiled springs S' S, normally pressing the plate outward.

The etect of the stripper is to practically` enable one part of the plunger to be removed from the crust before the other part is removed, and by this means the partial vacuum between the crust and plunger is destroyed and further adhering of the crust to the plunger is prevented. The plunger having been lifted to the full extent of its movement, the

plate-holder will rise under the influence of the spring S by withdrawing the latch F,and

the plate will be lifted on a level with the rimdie C. To lift the piaie frm the plate-holder, l employv an ejector H in the form of alight rod passing through au opening in the stem D', which rod may be manually operated by a knob H'.

The. form of my invention which I have chosen to describe and illustrate is one which by thorough practical demonstration has proven to give good result. It will be understood, however, that I do not confine myself with the top of the rim-die` Prior to the pressing operation the plate- E holder is provided with a plate l. containing i to the .specific construction described and illustmted except in such claims as relate to the .spccitic construction, as moditications other Paternal prix s, 19o-1.,",2

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than what I have here shown .may be made erating the plate'holder, a plunger and means without depart-ing from the scope of my infor operating the plunger, substantially as vention. specifi Having described my invention, what I 5. Amachine of the characterspeciedcom- 5 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, prising a rim-die, a plate-holder, a spring for 39 israsing the plate-holder, a. latch for holding 1. Amacbine of thecharacterspeced,eomthe plate-holder in a depressed position and l prising a rim-die, a movable plate-holder,and plunger adapted to coact with the rim-die and a plunger adapted to coact with the rim-die plate-holder to form a crust, substantially as 1o and plate-holder to mold and rim a pie-crust, specified. 35 substantially as specified. 6. Amachineof the charaeterspecified,com 2. Amachine of the characterspecited,eomprising a rim-die, a plate-holder, a spring for prising a rimdie, a plate holder located and raising the plate-holder, a latch adapted to en guided with the same, a plunger adapted to eogage and to be disengaged from the plate- 15 act with the above-mentioned parts to form a holder, a plunger, a stri pper guided Within the 40 crust and a stripper adapted to release the plunger,spring means foroperating said stripcrust from the plunger, substantially as speciper and an ejector guided within the plate. lied. holder, substantially as specified. 3. A machine of the characterspecified,com- In testimony whereof I ax mysignature in 2o prising a rim-die, a plate-holder, a plunger, a presence of two Witnees.

stripper guided upon said plunger and an ejector guided within the plateholder, sub- JOSEPH C' HUTCHISON stantially as specified. lritnesses:

4. Amachineof thecharacterspeced,com- DAVID S. WILLIAIs,

25 prisinga rim-die, a plate-holder, means for op- ARXOLD Kan. 

